Reconstruction

Abolished slavery throughout the United States.

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 19th Amendment

Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen?

• 14th
• 15th
• 16th
• 13th

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —

• A. providing them with voting rights
• B. guaranteeing their freedom of speech
• C. providing them with access to the court system
• D. guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery

The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans citizenship
• Gave African Americans the right to vote
• Freed the slaves
• Gave landowners the right to sharecrop

Made African Americans citizens.

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 19th Amendment

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
• Freed the Slaves
• Gave African Americans the right to vote
• Forced African Americans back into slavery

Guaranteed all men the right to vote no matter their race.

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 19th Amendment

Which of these occurred as a result of the 15th Amendment?

• African American families divided by slavery are reunited
• Newly freed men and women move west to claim free land
• African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election
• Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship

The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to —

• F.  win an election as a member of the Democratic Party
• G. win a majority of the popular vote in Mississippi
• H. serve as a member of the U.S. Senate
• J. run for public office in the South

Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?

• Nathan Bedford Forrest
• John Wilkes Booth
• Henry Clay
• John Breckinridge